Article 79 ExemptionsI1

This article applies for the purposes of the following provisions—

A measure attracts an exemption under this Part if its installation—

In this article—

• “conservation area” has the meaning given by—

  1. (a)

     in the case of premises in England F1..., section 91(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990^f1;

  2. (aa)

     F2in the case of premises in Wales, section 210 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023;

  3. (c)

     in the case of premises in Scotland, section 81(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997^f2;

• “listed building” has the meaning given by—

  1. (a)

     in the case of premises in England F3..., section 1(5) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990^f3;

  2. (aa)

     F4in the case of premises in Wales, section 76 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023;

  3. (c)

     in the case of premises in Scotland, section 1(4) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997^f4;

• “protected species” means the species—

  1. (a)

     listed in Schedules 1 and 5 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981^f5; or

  2. (b)

     defined as a European protected species in—

     1. (i)

        in the case of premises in England and Wales, regulations 42 and 46 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017^f6;

     2. (ii)

        in the case of premises in Scotland, regulations 38 and 42 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 1994^f7.